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Trek to Lohagad Fort

Rudy Travel blogs July 5, 2014November 16, 2017bhaje caves, bush quail, jungle babbler, Jungle Bush-Quail, Lohagad, Malabar whistling-thrush, pawna lake, quail, thrush, Vinchu kata, Visapur 0 Comment

Monsoon season is invariably the trekking season, so we decided to head to Lohagad Fort for our 2nd trek of the season. We started a bit late this time; at around 7:30 AM and reached Bhaje village at 8:30 AM.
We planned to park our car at Bhaje village and trek to Lohagad; however if you wish you may drive all the way to Lohagadwadi (Base of Lohagad Fort). Distance between Bhaje village & Lohagadwadi is around 4 KMs. Don’t worry on the parking front as there is ample parking space; at Lohagadwadi as well as at Bhaje village. Read more

Drive to Pawna lake

Rudy Travel blogs June 18, 2014November 16, 2017Baya Weaver, Birds at Pawna, Jungle Bush-Quail, Shikra 1 Comment

I was wondering if I could explore a new place on Sunday and decided to go to Pawna lake. I haven’t read much about Pawna from birding perspective so thought of taking a chance. We started at around 6:30 am and it started raining like cats & dogs. I just dropped the idea of birding and thought we would just drive through and come back.

We entered the road to Pawna lake in another 40 mins and I could see the sky clearing up. I just hoped the sun came out, and it did!.. We saw lot of Baya Weavers.. such beautiful sights. These small yellow birds do look really beautiful. Read more